Here we go, Pluchkin will ride his first race for his new Ukrainian team, and he will obviously be one of the main favourites to take the GC, no matter who else decide to turn up. The domestiques here in Italy are strong, however the lack in TT strength will surely hurt in the opening stage. The time which will be lost there no doubt has to be made up in the harder stages where the Moldovan will have company from Scarponi, Topchanyuk and Dzhus, our only hope at somewhat of a decent placement in the U25 rankings. With some luck, Polivoda may even have an outside shot at doing well in the flat rated stages.
Paris-Nice
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Leader
Andriy Orlov
Domestique
Romain Vanderbiest
Sprinter
Darren Young
Domestique
Ignas Konovalovas
Domestique
Zouzou Andriafenomananiaina
Domestique
Mykhaylo Kononenko
Domestique
Roman Lutsyshyn
Domestique
In contrast to the Tirreno, we have no hopes of achieving GC success here in France, however, on good days both Nepomnyachsniy and Vanderbiest could do some surprising stuff, and history also tells us Orlov is one of the safest bets for early, successful breakaways, so not all may be lost. Yet.
Oh look, another hilly classic we have no chances in at all… Unless the improvement from Badaling to Colombo will be a trend, that would result in a 1-2-3-4-5 for us…
Milan San Remo
Romain Vanderbiest
Leader
Oleksandr Polivoda
Domestique
Oleksandr Prevar
Domestique
Andriy Orlov
Domestique
Paolo Scarponi
Domestique
Adrian Nitu
Domestique
Ignas Konovalovas
Domestique
Mihran Avetisyan
Domestique
And to end the month, the manager’s personal favourite race! It’s a race in which the team has next to no chances, with Vanderbiest not being the absolute top sprinter needed here, however, riders like Prevar and Konovalovas could make things rather interesting if they decide to attack several kilometres before the Poggio. Probably wishful thinking, but who knows?
Manager of Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska in the PCM.Daily Man-Game
